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Now heading into its second year on the road, BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Musical has its destination set for the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) from Tuesday, June 10 to Father’s Day on Sunday, June 15, 2025.

The ZYG 808's acoustic Rock-Hop and Afrobeat set will take center stage at the NB Roots & Branches 'Fringe' Festival in July at Interwoven Art Studio.

This summer, New Bedford's celebrated music scene gets a fresh twist with the launch of the NB ROOTS & BRANCHES 'FRINGE' FESTIVAL, a bold new addition to the city's festival calendar that shines a spotlight on authentic soul, blues, and funk traditions often left out of the folk festival spotlight.

Get a first look at Wilbury Theatre Group's AMERICAN IDIOT with photos by Erin X.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) has announced its 2025-2026 season packed with reimagined classics and bold contemporary stories that will touch audiences with both humor and heartbreak.

Reverie Theatre Group is presenting the world premiere of Suite Meeting, by Brysen Boyd, and directed by Daria-Lyric Montaquila.

Theatre By The Sea's season will begin with Always…Patsy Cline a tribute to the woman who epitomized country music in the late 50s and early 60s.

More than 140 elementary school students from Central Falls, Pawtucket, Providence and Warwick will have the opportunity to sing and dance on the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC)’s stage as the result of a grant awarded to PPAC by Disney.

Wakefield, Rhode Island will become a nationwide hotspot for improvisational brilliance as 40 troupes from 13 states converge at The Contemporary Theater Company for the 7th Annual Ocean State Improv Festival.

Considering the periodic, seemingly countless remakes of such classic works like “Little Women,” “Pride and Prejudice,” and “Wuthering Heights,” the significance of women’s voices in the history of literature cannot be overstated.

With all the red-carpet glamour befitting its biggest fundraiser to date, the nonprofit theater raised an impressive $283,000 toward its artistic and education programs as it heads into a new decade of endless possiblities.

Check out rehearsal photos of the cast, crew, and creative team of American Idiot at Wilbury Theatre Group, featuring music by Green Day, lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong, book by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer.

In 1998, Matthew Shepard became a household name for the worst possible reason when he was robbed, beaten, and left tied to a fence outside Laramie, Wyoming by Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson.

When Shakespeare penned, “Oh, what fools these mortals be,” he couldn’t ever have imagined the deliberately, delightfully foolish behavior his words would incite more than four centuries later in ‘The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again],’ now at Contemporary

 Musician/comedian Morgan Jay has announced that he will perform at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) in November.

EARTH, WIND & FIRE, the legendary music group known for hits like the funky and infectious “Let’s Groove,” the timeless dance classic “September” and the heartfelt “Reasons,” will perform at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC).

Chicago currently holds the record for the longest-running show on Broadway, with 10,500 performances, and the current touring show is an exact replica of the revival that has been running on Broadway since1996.

Trinity Repertory Company will present Blues for an Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage, directed by resident company member Jackie Davis, beginning this month.